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Mass. Teen Is First Girl to Make Hockey All-Star Team

Niki Lamparelli, a high school varsity hockey goalie from Norwell, Mass., is the first girl ever to be named to her league's all-star team. A senior, 18-year-old Lamparelli is one of only three girls on Norwell High School's boy's hockey team. This is Lamparelli's first year back on the ice after a serious concussion...

Taylor Hall Injured in Fight [VIDEO]

Maybe Taylor Hall has learned his lesson. Hall, the Edmonton Oilers rookie star, got into his first fight as a pro on Thursday and injured his left ankle in the process, CBC reported. Hall was scheduled to have an MRI today and did not travel with the team for its next game. Considering that Hall leads the team in goals...

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Bob Probert's Condition Explained

Former NHL star Bob Probert died in June, and researchers have just determined that he suffered from a brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Probert, who was 45 when he died of heart failure, left his brain to science because he believed the head trauma he experienced on the ice had caused...

Hockey Team Answers $50,000-Shot Controversy With Charity [VIDEO]

Days after declaring a 73-year-old fan's $50,000 goal invalid, an amateur hockey team will donate part of that sum to charity. The Indiana Ice, who play in the USHL, offer one fan a shot at winning $50,000 at every Saturday home game. The fan stands behind the red end line and shoots. If the puck goes across the ice and...

'Atlanta Thrashers' Newlyweds Plan Hockey-Themed Honeymoon

Did you hear the one about the avid hockey fans from Georgia who recently tied the knot in the middle of a National Hockey League game? Well, now the newlyweds are going into overtime planning a hockey-themed honeymoon. Last Thursday, die-hard hockey fanatics Cyndi and David Pritchard were married on the ice at Philips...

Background on Hockey

Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.

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